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Grand Puba

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    November 9, 2011

    Heavy D, R.I.P.

    ​Mount Vernon-raised rapper Heavy D passed away yesterday. The artist, born Dwight Errington Myers, was found having problems breathing outside his home in Beverly Hills; he was taken to the emergency department of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and died later in the afternoon. For many, Heavy D ... More >>

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    December 10, 2010

    Q&A: Dan Charnas, Author Of The Big Payback: The History Of The Business Of Hip-Hop, On Industry Rule #4080, Hot 97, And Lyor Cohen's CD Collection

    ​Dan Charnas' epic The Big Payback (New American Library/Penguin) retells the saga of hip-hop's rise from ghetto defense mechanism to global cultural powerhouse through the eyes of the businessman who sold it, first to America's kids, then to the corporate world. A former Source writer and the ... More >>

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    November 9, 2010

    The Top Ten Best Worst Singing Rappers

    ​These days, there's nothing attention grabbing about rappers who sing, whether it's Andre 3000's amped squawk, an Auto-Tune-enabled Kanye West, or Lil Wayne's upcoming Riker's Island shower room spirituals. This week the canon sees new album additions from one-time Goodie Mob member Cee-Lo Gr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    Mike Tyson's Top Ten Rap Cameos

    ​Reggie Rock Bythewood's One Night in Vegas, airing on ESPN tonight as part of the network's "30 for 30" documentary series, shines a light on the little known friendship and many parallels between tortured souls Mike Tyson and Tupac Shakur. The title of Bythewood's documentary is a reference ... More >>

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    June 10, 2009

    HIP-HOP HEADS

    Brooklyn music fest turns five

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    April 23, 2009

    The Lousy Onstage Pickup Line Hall of Fame Hereby Inducts Mickey Factz

    Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 8, 2009

    'Mister Saturday Night Presents Theo Parrish, Grand Pubah & Lord Finesse'

    Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    Live: Zune's Old-Rapper Picnic

    Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2007

    Weekend Bender: Optimo, Trans Am, Oneida, DJ Rob Sheffield and more

    Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2006

    Nas: Better Than Nas

    Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2006

    A Conversation Between Just Blaze and Alchemist

    Actual seduction not depicted, but you should be grateful, trust me. If you've not had the pleasure of one of the Roots' jam sessions at Highline Ballroom, know first of all that "jam" is taken very literally: They're more or less just fucking around, learning how to play Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" ... More >>

  • Music

    August 9, 2005

    Escape From Monogamy

    Missy Elliott ends relationship with Timbaland so she can let her freak flag fly even higher

  • News

    April 20, 2004

    A Fistful of Mighta Been

    How the Miramax of Music Soundbombed

  • Music

    September 23, 2003

    The Commoner Queen

    Mary J. Blige Retains Her Hip-Hop-Soul Amateur Status and Makes Her Prose Sing Again

  • Music

    February 18, 2003

    Rocket '88

    Top-Billin' Not Half-Steppin'

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    Hip-Hop Goes Commercial

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    August 7, 2001

    The Nerd Behind the Mask

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

  • Music

    July 6, 1999

    Diddily-Dee

    Rappers Give Madison Avenue a Run for Its Money

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